You’ve allowed pain to keep you stuck. Every time you look at your situation, you focus on the negative, never expecting anything good. Disappointment and pain have hijacked your vision, making it hard to see what they call “the bright side.”  You believe that speaking from this perspective makes you a realist; you say you…

When I was pregnant with my first child, I suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition characterized by severe vomiting and nausea. This illness was so intense that I couldn’t keep anything down, not even water, to stay hydrated. I lost over 20 pounds due to sickness. Mentally, I struggled during this time, wondering how something…

Aren’t you tired of going backward? Aren’t you tired of almost making it, almost reaching your goals, almost finding happiness? Aren’t you tired of beating yourself down and always seeing the worst, never realizing the goodness that is within you? Aren’t you tired of pretending? Pretending that everything is good when you’re falling apart? Aren’t…